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But I'm still wondering if this is meant only to denote medication, in which case, "prescribes medication" might work. If not, I think that "medical orders" would include non-drug instructions as well. But there must be an MD out there who can provide more incisive terminology.

Here's a description of a similar system at NYU Medical Center system:

"With the adoption of Epic, the 20 physicians, nurse practitioners and PhDs at New York Epilepsy and Neurology now have direct access to a single medical record for care provided in both settings. Additionally, physicians at the practice can order tests, prescribe medications and automatically access patient lab, radiology and other testing results using Epic, saving time and significantly reducing the risk of data errors. Further, in addition to serving as a clinical tool, Epic supports administrative services by providing electronic integration of registration, scheduling and billing."

I have an electronic medical record at my office. One of my pet peaves is the design of the medication section. To access the patient's meds you have to click on a tab, which brings up all the meds. However, when I order a medication as part of an office visit, I want the medication to appear inside the "Plan" section of the encounter record. Thus I am forced to write the prescription twice. Some other systems get around this by making the prescription in the "Encounter" section a link to the "Prescription" section, but my EMR does not do that. I suspect the system in the source text doesn't do it either.

Context Hospital computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems are widely regarded as the technical solution to medication ordering errors, the largest identified source of preventable hospital medical error. Published studies report that CPOE reduces medication errors up to 81%. Few researchers, however, have focused on the existence or types of medication errors facilitated by CPOE.

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